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Determination of thallium in biological samples by thermal neutron activation analysis and low-level beta-counting

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A procedure is described for the determination of thallium in complex biological matrices by thermal neutron activation analysis employing substoichiometric extraction of thallium(I) with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (2-HMBT) at a pH of 7.5 into chloroform, and low-level beta-counting.

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Itawi, R.K., Turel, Z.R. Determination of thallium in biological samples by thermal neutron activation analysis and low-level beta-counting. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 115, 141–147 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041982

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